WhatsApp missing from Windows Phone Store

Popular messaging app WhatsApp is AWOL from the Windows Phone Store. The app constantly ran into problems on Windows Phone 8.1, but did work on Windows Phone 8. Searching for WhatsApp on Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 8.1 devices, results in a message that says "We couldn't find a match. Try a different spelling or search term." On the Windows Phone Store, the messaging app did show up, but with a line that said that it was no longer published.

One possibility is that since the app didn't work well on Windows Phone 8.1, WhatsApp decided to take it down until its tech team could offer a version that works with Windows Phone 8.1. This way, no Windows Phone user will have a bad experience with it, while waiting for a version that will work with the updated platform.

It's not Facebook (you dilding dodo), it's probably Micro$oft trying to force everyone (AGAIN) to use their "Universal" (we control everything) Log-In; you know like, Hotmail, Skype, Live ID all-in-one. Horrible, or like the French would say, Horrible!

"Whatsapp has been a problem since I first got my 920, 2 years ago. Notifications and crashes. Not sure whether its the app or OS or just my ISP. Well just hope that Whatsapp make a new one that doesn't give to many problems."

One of the many negative comments on the quality of this app for Windows Phone. I'm sure Facebook is busy fixing things so the app can be put back in the store. They don't want to miss any important data that they can sell.

Ohhh......whatsapp is really missing....i just checked the store.....
Whatsapp had too many issues and bugs seens on WP8....
but guys...when i updated my phone to WP8.1....it is doing very well......
after OS update, its never crashes when sliding up....notifications also very good...
overall it was OS fault....but not the app.....
now its gone from store.....
it means if we uninstall it....we never gonna see it on wp or what...??????

If WP had NO apps, why would PA specifically put up a section for WP in their monthly round up of the best apps and games?

Arte, stop with the trolling dude. You're only spoiling your reputation at PA. If you hate WP, then don't even look at its articles. Why do you troll? WP has all the popular apps found in the iOS and Android app stores. Stop with the cribbing.

Saying BB has the apps i'm looking forward to but WP doesn't shows how ignorant and stupid you are. The BB app store has only 100,000 apps, while WP store has 250,00 plus apps. Not only in terms of quantity, WP has better and way more apps than BB even in quality.

I know you do, because you hate seeing non-Android platforms grow. KitKat had similar problems. A lot of app reviews had the complaints. Better for the app to exist without any major problems than give the users a bitter time.

hahahahahaha I'm about to cry. the truth about wp? it doesn't work, it has no apps, no one cares for it, more than 70% of it sales come from dirt cheap phones (520,620), developers hate it, major companies make 1/year while making 50 androids at the same time, it's looks terrible squares everywhere. no one cares about it

But wait Android lags on low budget phones and slightly more on miss. Doesn't lag on high end unless it's Touchwiz cause Touchwiz is fully loaded and only S805 and other high end Cpu can eliminate lag totally lag free

So even if you do troll on Android you will fail due to Android being a full fledged and fully speced loaded platform unlike WP no apps and games also Wp8.1 receiving half of Androids features

Which phone €350 sir. My moto G and Nexus 7 both are running CM ROM, and I use ART runtime(no VM needed), there is absolutely no lag, whatsover. Yeah sometimes my moto G slows down when there are too many apps open, but thats because of 1gb ram.

This will be a complete disaster for the brazillian market where Whatsapp is the main reason people upgrade from feature phones to smartphones. It is THE app that alures both occasional users and hardcore fans. As a huge fan of Nokia (and now an unwilling soldier from Microsoft), I hope this can be solve as soon as possible.

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